SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean online and mobile game developer, said Thursday that its net profit fell 34.8 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier due partly to poor performance of its new titles. Net profit stood at 99.5 billion won (US$84.3 million) during the July-September [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lineage 2M, a mobile massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), will land in a total of 29 countries next month, South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp. said Wednesday. The mobile version of the megahit game Lineage 2 will be simultaneously available on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS devices [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean video game giant NCSOFT Corp., stricken with criticism over newly released game and a plunging share price, is yet again facing a sexual harassment case. An anonymous whistleblower at the company posted on Blind, an anonymous community of employed workers, that “certain individuals notorious for committing sexual [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares in South Korean video game giant NCSOFT continued to sink Monday on disappointment over its new title “Blade & Soul 2.” NCSOFT’s shares closed at 591,000 won (US$505), down 29.39 percent from Aug. 25, a day before the game’s launch, with 5.4 trillion won cleared from its market [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a South Korean video game giant, is set to log improved earnings next year on the back of launches of new titles, analysts said Friday. The company is set to launch its highly anticipated massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) “Blade & Soul 2″ on Aug. [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. has introduced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based translation engine for the first time in the country’s gaming industry. Users can now access real-time translation service between Korean and English on ‘Purple Talk,’ a messenger service available on ‘Purple,’ NCSOFT’s gaming platform. The new [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — NCSOFT Corp., a major South Korean online and mobile game developer, announced that it will self-impose strong regulations as game developers are imposing stricter voluntary restrictions on ‘gacha’ items. The Korea Internet and Digital Entertainment Association has recently released an amended code of conduct for self-regulation on gacha items. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two tech giants — top internet portal operator Naver Corp. and gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. — have accelerated their push into the global K-pop fan community with their platforms, industry officials said Saturday. On Wednesday, Naver announced that it will join hands with Big Hit Entertainment, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online gaming giant NCSOFT Corp. said Thursday that it will launch its K-pop fan platform globally next week. The platform, named Universe, will be simultaneously available on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS devices on Jan. 28, NCSOFT said. Universe allows users to enjoy different K-pop content on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean online game maker NCSOFT Corp. said Tuesday it has joined hands with the country’s entertainment giant CJ ENM to make further inroads into the burgeoning platform business. Under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), the two will establish a joint venture in the content and digital platform sectors [...]